task for the day: blog ...
on another blog.
We've created a team blog because I just can't keep up with one. ;o) But the great thing about this one is that our team photographer is posting her pictures! So, go view our team blog and check out the awesome pictures, and hopefully, at some point today, a list of what Blue 4 is thankful for. :o)
I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Only 1 month until I am back in Iowa!!! woohoo!
Friday, November 28, 2008
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Finally: a Boise update!
Friends! Hello!
I can’t believe I’ve been in Boise this long. Oh goodness. I am spectacularly bad at updating this thing. Sorry.
Okay, let’s see. I’ll cover the apartment, the job, and then the amazing staff at the 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games Idaho, USA. First, a couple of other notes: any mail, packages or otherwise, should be sent to my address in Boise. I’ll send that out in an email, so if you don’t receive it and want to send me a card or anything, please let me know! Second, I will be flying to Des Moines for the holidays. I will arrive late evening, 20 December, and leave early morning, 4 January. I would love to have visitors and see friends! :o)
Apartment: Apartment is great. With 10 members on the team, we are split up between two apartments. Special Olympics provided the apartments, and they also took care of our furnishings, which was awesome. Unfortunately, our apartments are not very close to each other in the complex, but we have been meeting together to eat dinner every night (Britta is a very good cook!). The apartments really are great – especially when I think about the other NCCC teams that are out serving right now – it’s like we’re in a Hilton. Plus, we have laundry facilities in the apartment, as well as access to the clubhouse with indoor basketball courts (site of 6am PT), a small workout room, and a Jacuzzi outside. :o) Another advantage is that the apartments are a 5-minute walk from the office so we can walk every morning. It’s a little like the summer before my junior year in Waverly – I have an awesome terrace and a great apartment, but bedding isn’t the best. ;o) Instead of a mattress on the floor, this time I’m up off the floor on a very squeaky, not very big cot. It’s pretty far from comfortable, but we’re working hard and playing hard, so I normally sleep well at night.
Job: Oh, I don’t think my job could be more perfect. :o) I am working with Delegation Services, and I’ve been put in charge of athlete entertainment. So, it’s like a blend of ETK (campus programming board) and Camp Sunnyside all in one. I couldn’t believe what a good fit. :o) And it has been a good fit. Luckily, it’s not like I’m starting at the beginning – a lot of the work has already been done, and I’m doing a lot of follow-up and such. There are 7 athlete lounges, one at each of the competition venues, and three Special Olympics Towns in each of the Games cities (Boise, McCall, & Sun Valley). The lounges have board games and video games and movies. The Special Olympics Towns will be awesome – at least in Boise, it’s separated into two areas, one with a Western theme (activities include barrel racing with a stick horse and cattle roping with wooden cows) and the other area with other fun activities (inflatable jousting and sumo wrestling, table games like air hockey and table tennis, and arcade games). Almost like Knight Out during orientation at Wartburg, or part of a small Fun City. :o) Tonight I led my first committee meeting. It went pretty well, though many people were not there. But the director said I did a good job, and I think everything was covered. Now, onto the next task.
Fantastic staff! They are taking very good care of us at the office and in Boise. We were able to go to a Steelheads hockey game (and you know how much I love hockey). Our seats were awesome, very near the ice, and the Steelheads won in a shootout. Very good game! In our first week, we got tickets to a benefit concert down at The Knitting Factory. It was 2 funk bands, so it was definitely a fun time. :o) We’re also getting season ski passes to Bogus Basin which isn’t far from Boise and is actually one of the competition sites (for alpine skiing). I’ve been back to The Knitting Factory a couple more times this week – once to see the Old Crow Medicine Show, a Southern bluegrass band, and then yesterday to see The Hold Steady and Drive-By Truckers (which, by the way, was an incredibly awesome show).
That’s all for now! I’ll tell you more as it comes, but moral of the story is: I’m happy and this project in particular is absolutely amazing.
Peace,
Emily
I can’t believe I’ve been in Boise this long. Oh goodness. I am spectacularly bad at updating this thing. Sorry.
Okay, let’s see. I’ll cover the apartment, the job, and then the amazing staff at the 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games Idaho, USA. First, a couple of other notes: any mail, packages or otherwise, should be sent to my address in Boise. I’ll send that out in an email, so if you don’t receive it and want to send me a card or anything, please let me know! Second, I will be flying to Des Moines for the holidays. I will arrive late evening, 20 December, and leave early morning, 4 January. I would love to have visitors and see friends! :o)
Apartment: Apartment is great. With 10 members on the team, we are split up between two apartments. Special Olympics provided the apartments, and they also took care of our furnishings, which was awesome. Unfortunately, our apartments are not very close to each other in the complex, but we have been meeting together to eat dinner every night (Britta is a very good cook!). The apartments really are great – especially when I think about the other NCCC teams that are out serving right now – it’s like we’re in a Hilton. Plus, we have laundry facilities in the apartment, as well as access to the clubhouse with indoor basketball courts (site of 6am PT), a small workout room, and a Jacuzzi outside. :o) Another advantage is that the apartments are a 5-minute walk from the office so we can walk every morning. It’s a little like the summer before my junior year in Waverly – I have an awesome terrace and a great apartment, but bedding isn’t the best. ;o) Instead of a mattress on the floor, this time I’m up off the floor on a very squeaky, not very big cot. It’s pretty far from comfortable, but we’re working hard and playing hard, so I normally sleep well at night.
Job: Oh, I don’t think my job could be more perfect. :o) I am working with Delegation Services, and I’ve been put in charge of athlete entertainment. So, it’s like a blend of ETK (campus programming board) and Camp Sunnyside all in one. I couldn’t believe what a good fit. :o) And it has been a good fit. Luckily, it’s not like I’m starting at the beginning – a lot of the work has already been done, and I’m doing a lot of follow-up and such. There are 7 athlete lounges, one at each of the competition venues, and three Special Olympics Towns in each of the Games cities (Boise, McCall, & Sun Valley). The lounges have board games and video games and movies. The Special Olympics Towns will be awesome – at least in Boise, it’s separated into two areas, one with a Western theme (activities include barrel racing with a stick horse and cattle roping with wooden cows) and the other area with other fun activities (inflatable jousting and sumo wrestling, table games like air hockey and table tennis, and arcade games). Almost like Knight Out during orientation at Wartburg, or part of a small Fun City. :o) Tonight I led my first committee meeting. It went pretty well, though many people were not there. But the director said I did a good job, and I think everything was covered. Now, onto the next task.
Fantastic staff! They are taking very good care of us at the office and in Boise. We were able to go to a Steelheads hockey game (and you know how much I love hockey). Our seats were awesome, very near the ice, and the Steelheads won in a shootout. Very good game! In our first week, we got tickets to a benefit concert down at The Knitting Factory. It was 2 funk bands, so it was definitely a fun time. :o) We’re also getting season ski passes to Bogus Basin which isn’t far from Boise and is actually one of the competition sites (for alpine skiing). I’ve been back to The Knitting Factory a couple more times this week – once to see the Old Crow Medicine Show, a Southern bluegrass band, and then yesterday to see The Hold Steady and Drive-By Truckers (which, by the way, was an incredibly awesome show).
That’s all for now! I’ll tell you more as it comes, but moral of the story is: I’m happy and this project in particular is absolutely amazing.
Peace,
Emily
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